"However, I will tell you that I find it a little bit troubling that some of my colleagues claim to support innovation and also, you know, against this shortage, but also supporting Obamacare which according to the Nonprofit Tax Foundation, in 2013, took $35 million out of innovation."
"I find it interesting. We have a lot of those kind of things happen in Washington, D.C."
"I am hopeful that my colleagues across the aisle can realize this and take actions to start advocating for policies that will actually help spur innovation."
"We have to protect that opportunity. We have incarceration terms for the purpose of paying back your debt to society for what you did and breaking laws."
"I applaud the previous Congress and President Trump for the First Step Act. But as you alluded to, it is really just the first step."
"Opportunity Zones represent a unique working relationship between the Federal Government, state and local municipalities, and the private sector."
"One would argue that to bring these, revitalize these neighborhoods or these particular OZs would be to bring business back in which is why we are talking about this today."
"There is no better advocate for small business in the United States House of Representatives than myself."
"I firmly believe Congress can work together, just like this Committee does day in and day out, to find responsible tax incentives and policies that truly help small firms and strengthen our economy fo..."
"We try to fix a lot of national problems or a lot of local problems with national Band-Aids, if you will."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If I may, I would ask for just a moment of silence for our colleague, Elijah Cummings and his family."